GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
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| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |